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I think the denizens of these forums like collecting things. Now, I can't offer anything on a par with The Wall from New Vegas, but I am working on adding a bunch of unique/rare collectible cloaks to Cloaks of Skyrim. Hand-placed, static loot, with a bit of flavour text. Rewarding exploration and whatnot! Hoping people will enjoy either stumbling across them whilst on their travels or actively going out to collect 'em.

Eventually aiming to add quite a lot, but 5 uniques are done so far and will be included when I next update the mod. I just wish the bit where I can write descriptions was longer, to add more flavour text or back-story for each cloak!

I think the denizens of these forums like collecting things. Now, I can't offer anything on a par with The Wall from New Vegas, but I am working on adding a bunch of unique/rare collectible cloaks to Cloaks of Skyrim. Hand-placed, static loot, with a bit of flavour text. Rewarding exploration and whatnot! Hoping people will enjoy either stumbling across them whilst on their travels or actively going out to collect 'em.

Eventually aiming to add quite a lot, but 5 uniques are done so far and will be included when I next update the mod. I just wish the bit where I can write descriptions was longer, to add more flavour text or back-story for each cloak!

I downloaded some mods today and started up a new character. Right now I've only got WATER and SkyUI going, any other suggestions for good mods? I don't necessarily want things that change the base game experience, unless they're really awesome. I might do that Cloaks mod, not sure.

I downloaded some mods today and started up a new character. Right now I've only got WATER and SkyUI going, any other suggestions for good mods? I don't necessarily want things that change the base game experience, unless they're really awesome. I might do that Cloaks mod, not sure.

The OP still has a decent list of mods you may want to check out. I updated it just now with a few new ones/replacements.

I downloaded some mods today and started up a new character. Right now I've only got WATER and SkyUI going, any other suggestions for good mods? I don't necessarily want things that change the base game experience, unless they're really awesome. I might do that Cloaks mod, not sure.

The OP still has a decent list of mods you may want to check out. I updated it just now with a few new ones/replacements.

I downloaded most of them this morning. So preeettyyyyy! It's like I'm playing a different game, especially at night.

I downloaded some mods today and started up a new character. Right now I've only got WATER and SkyUI going, any other suggestions for good mods? I don't necessarily want things that change the base game experience, unless they're really awesome. I might do that Cloaks mod, not sure.

The OP still has a decent list of mods you may want to check out. I updated it just now with a few new ones/replacements.

I downloaded most of them this morning. So preeettyyyyy! It's like I'm playing a different game, especially at night.

Enhanced Night Skyrim is gorgeous. Were you also using my ENB mod?

I'm thinking about uploading it to the Nexus, but I'd have to come up with a better name and go around getting permission from other authors, I think.

So I've got a question about the quest "Blood on the Ice" in Windhelm,

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I can't find Viola Giordano. I've walked the streets for several days, I've made the rounds at Candlehearth Hall upwards of a dozen times, and I've even picked the lock at her house and then let my character sit in a chair for basically an entire day waiting for her to wander in. I later found a coffin in the temple of arkay which contained a lot of personal effects, including the key to her house -- is she somehow dead in my game?

I already know who did it. When I gave up on finding Viola, I went to Calixto's, picked his pocket, and used his key to locate the last journal and the murder weapon. Is there *any* way for me to clear this quest without finding Viola?

That quest bothered me something awful.

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I mean, I figured it out the minute I set foot in that creepy museum. Then I stole the killer's key and yoinked the evidence (which hilariously lists as red-for-stolen... yes, guards, please take this stolen property. Maybe look at it before you give it back to him, though). I tried to take the evidence to the authorities. No dice. I even tried to kill him, but he's invulnerable while the quest is active. Why do I have to go through the song and dance of stopping him moments before he takes his next victim if I already have everything I need to stop him because I've seen a crime movie before?

I know, right? There's one of these "solve a murder" quests in every single Elder Scrolls game, at least as far as I can remember, and I always enjoy them because they're the sort of quests that encourage you to read/listen to the other characters in the game and think about what they say. I have no idea how I broke this one, but I'm aggravated as hell.

Ugh, I just found out that 'Blood on the Ice' was borked in my new game as well. At least I found a work around, but it wasn't the same.

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The effing quest starting guard never spawned, despite the fact that I made sure to not to go beyond the intro test quests for the Civil War and made sure I fast traveled, etc... There was a corpse, three witnesses and everyone standing around like nothing happened. I ended up having to break into the evidence house (which eliminated all the background for the quest and causes it to make zero sense) to start the quest, and of course that ends up leaving the corpse to forever sit in the graveyard.

I downloaded some mods today and started up a new character. Right now I've only got WATER and SkyUI going, any other suggestions for good mods? I don't necessarily want things that change the base game experience, unless they're really awesome. I might do that Cloaks mod, not sure.

The OP still has a decent list of mods you may want to check out. I updated it just now with a few new ones/replacements.

I downloaded most of them this morning. So preeettyyyyy! It's like I'm playing a different game, especially at night.

Enhanced Night Skyrim is gorgeous. Were you also using my ENB mod?

I'm thinking about uploading it to the Nexus, but I'd have to come up with a better name and go around getting permission from other authors, I think.

I decided to go with the Realistic Colors and Real Nights mod, mainly because I don't want to increase my graphics requirements TOO much. I only have a Radeon HD 6700 series, so it's not top of the line and I don't want to stress it out too badly.

I decided to make a new character since I haven't played in a long while and haven't even finished the game. I played a pure warrior the last time, but now I'm thinking assassin. That's hard to do with so many great skills to choose from, though. I want bows. I want sneak. I want daggers. I want light armor. I like smithing! I want magic. I might just end up using that dragon souls to perks mod so I can have a bit of everything.

So, the ENB "Zoner" pack is quite nice. Despite myself, I even liked having the tiny bit of film grain there too (black bars, though? fuck no, I'm already playing at 1080p). I do wish it didn't turn on during loading screens, , but hey, that's nothing really.

The principal advantage is the near-nonexistent FPS cost. Any other ENB packs people recommend for someone who's running the HD textures and doesn't want any further slowdown?

So, the ENB "Zoner" pack is quite nice. Despite myself, I even liked having the tiny bit of film grain there too (black bars, though? fuck no, I'm already playing at 1080p). I do wish it didn't turn on during loading screens, , but hey, that's nothing really.

The principal advantage is the near-nonexistent FPS cost. Any other ENB packs people recommend for someone who's running the HD textures and doesn't want any further slowdown?

Most of the ENB mods have the same performance, particularly if you disable SSAO. I've been taking and updating comparison shots of most of the popular ENB mods (I disabled SSAO in all of them) if you want to window shop:

I played a lot of Skyrim on the PS3, but now that I have a decent PC I'm just waiting for a steam sale to get the game and install some of these mods.

Did I understand right and they added some kind of interface to just install mods easily? Like Civ 5 for example?

Steam Workshop. You can access it from your library. It doesn't have everything, though, and it's not great for mods with lots of customization. There's also the Skyrim Nexus mod manager. It downloads mods with the click of a button from the site and installs them for you.

I've kept the OP updated with a decent list of mods, too, if you need a good starting point.

On the matter of ENB, has anyone had the problem that Skyrim always crashes when you quit, so you have to use the task manager to get out of the game? It doesn't crash before quitting, thankfully.

I've never had that happen before. Are you sure it's ENB? Which one are you current using?

Edit: Time travel!

This has happened a lot recently.

But back on topic, yeah, it's definitely ENB. Skyrim had problems prior to this, but never this. I'm using 1.08 (just the most recent one, I thought), and only using the Zoner pack.

I might try switching to 1.03. I'm using the Injector version right now, just because that seemed to be the one that everyone uses. The last time I used ENBseries was way back in Resident Evil 4 PC, when there was only one version of the program.

On the matter of ENB, has anyone had the problem that Skyrim always crashes when you quit, so you have to use the task manager to get out of the game? It doesn't crash before quitting, thankfully.

I've never had that happen before. Are you sure it's ENB? Which one are you current using?

Edit: Time travel!

This has happened a lot recently.

But back on topic, yeah, it's definitely ENB. Skyrim had problems prior to this, but never this. I'm using 1.08 (just the most recent one, I thought), and only using the Zoner pack.

I might try switching to 1.03. I'm using the Injector version right now, just because that seemed to be the one that everyone uses. The last time I used ENBseries was way back in Resident Evil 5 PC, when there was only one version of the program.

I downloaded some mods today and started up a new character. Right now I've only got WATER and SkyUI going, any other suggestions for good mods? I don't necessarily want things that change the base game experience, unless they're really awesome. I might do that Cloaks mod, not sure.

Skyrimnexus has a top ten, just go there and install the ten most endorsed mods of all time!

I downloaded some mods today and started up a new character. Right now I've only got WATER and SkyUI going, any other suggestions for good mods? I don't necessarily want things that change the base game experience, unless they're really awesome. I might do that Cloaks mod, not sure.

Skyrimnexus has a top ten, just go there and install the ten most endorsed mods of all time!

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Don't do this

Actually, Override's on the right track. I'd seriously suggest checking each category--or the ones that interest you--and looking through the top endorsed stuff for a few pages.

Obviously you'll see a lot of stuff that doesn't interest you--and I'm not even referencing the hilarious stuff--but it's still way more stuff than'll be on the Steam Workshop (with far ore options). Try it!

Also, it's double hilarious that the profile name above me is "Dongs Galore." For a second, I thought I was at Nexus...

On the matter of ENB, has anyone had the problem that Skyrim always crashes when you quit, so you have to use the task manager to get out of the game? It doesn't crash before quitting, thankfully.

I've never had that happen before. Are you sure it's ENB? Which one are you current using?

Edit: Time travel!

This has happened a lot recently.

But back on topic, yeah, it's definitely ENB. Skyrim had problems prior to this, but never this. I'm using 1.08 (just the most recent one, I thought), and only using the Zoner pack.

I might try switching to 1.03. I'm using the Injector version right now, just because that seemed to be the one that everyone uses. The last time I used ENBseries was way back in Resident Evil 5 PC, when there was only one version of the program.

Though not the insanely gratuitous Gears of War-levels of violence, mind you.

I think that'll still be there.

EDIT: @Dashui, switching to the dll from 1.02 did in fact stop the crashes. Do you know if I will be missing anything from the later versions if I use the same pack ("Zoner") and going back to Wrapper, rather than Injector? 1.08 seemed to make mention of adding to HDR also.

Though not the insanely gratuitous Gears of War-levels of violence, mind you.

I think that'll still be there.

EDIT: @Dashui, switching to the dll from 1.02 did in fact stop the crashes. Do you know if I will be missing anything from the later versions if I use the same pack ("Zoner") and going back to Wrapper, rather than Injector? 1.08 seemed to make mention of adding to HDR also.

I think 108 is an experimental version, which is why you don't see it used much with other ENB mods. It has performance improvements, but not support for various adjustments and settings anymore.